The goal is simple: If we apprehend someone who has no legal right to be in this country and is not entitled to any claim of asylum. then we must have an effective and efficient means to remove them from the U.S. The bill Senator KYL and I have introduced will restore confidence in the system. First. it authorizes an additional 10.000 detention beds. Currently. there are only 23.000 detention beds. You will recall that a moment ago I said last year alone immigration control authorities apprehended 1.1 million people coming across our border illegally. Yet we only have 23.000 detention beds. That leads to what I described earlier as the "catch and release" program. which has proven to be completely unworkable.
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